Atmospheric muons and neutrinos

2016 ◽  
pp. 126-148
Author(s):  
Thomas K. Gaisser ◽  
Ralph Engel ◽  
Elisa Resconi
Keyword(s):  
Muons And Neutrinos

scholarly journals ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE: STATUS, FIRST RESULTS AND SENSITIVITY FOR THE DIFFUSE NEUTRINO FLUX

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 1615-1619
Author(s):  
◽  
MAURIZIO SPURIO
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Neutrino Flux ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Telescope ◽  
Detection Mechanism ◽  
Diffuse Flux ◽  
Muons And Neutrinos ◽  
First Results ◽  
Charged Leptons ◽  
A Site

ANTARES is a neutrino telescope under the Mediterranean Sea, in a site 40 km off the French coast at a depth of 2475 m. It is an array of 12 lines equipped with 884 photomultipliers. The detection mechanism relies on the observation of the Cherenkov light emitted by charged leptons produced by neutrinos interacting in the water and ground surrounding the detector. First studies of the detector performances and preliminary results on reconstruction of atmospheric muons and neutrinos are presented, with the expected sensitivity for a diffuse flux of high energy neutrinos.

Atmospheric muons and neutrinos

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S400-S400 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Koshiba ◽  
Y. Totsuka ◽  
S. Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Muons And Neutrinos

scholarly journals The Production of Prompt Cosmic Ray Muons and Neutrinos

1983 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1195-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Inazawa ◽  
K. Kobayakawa
Keyword(s):  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Muons And Neutrinos

scholarly journals Determining erosion rates in Allchar (Macedonia) to revive the lorandite neutrino experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 474 (2213) ◽  
pp. 20170470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Vermeesch ◽  
Martin Rittner ◽  
Irene Schimmelpfennig ◽  
Lucilla Benedetti ◽  
ASTER Team
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Neutrino Experiment ◽  
Neutrino Detector ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
Muons And Neutrinos ◽  
Physics Experiment ◽  
Further Development

205 Tl in the lorandite (TiAsS 2 ) mine of Allchar (Majdan, FYR Macedonia) is transformed to 205 Pb by cosmic ray reactions with muons and neutrinos. At depths of more than 300 m, muogenic production would be sufficiently low for the 4.3 Ma old lorandite deposit to be used as a natural neutrino detector. Unfortunately, the Allchar deposit currently sits at a depth of only 120 m below the surface, apparently making the lorandite experiment technically infeasible. We here present 25 erosion rate estimates for the Allchar area using in situ produced cosmogenic 36 Cl in carbonates and 10 Be in alluvial quartz. The new measurements suggest long-term erosion rates of 100–120 m Ma −1 in the silicate lithologies that are found at the higher elevations of the Majdanksa River valley, and 200–280 m Ma −1 in the underlying marbles and dolomites. These values indicate that the lorandite deposit has spent most of its existence at depths of more than 400 m, sufficient for the neutrinogenic 205 Pb component to dominate the muon contribution. Our results suggest that this unique particle physics experiment is theoretically feasible and merits further development.

Muons and neutrinos underground

2016 ◽  
pp. 163-185
Author(s):  
Thomas K. Gaisser ◽  
Ralph Engel ◽  
Elisa Resconi
Keyword(s):  
Muons And Neutrinos

scholarly journals Explorations of Magnetic Properties of Noble Gases: The Past, Present, and Future

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Makulski
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Noble Gases ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Noble Gas ◽  
Magnetic Moments ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Moments ◽  
Muons And Neutrinos ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic

In recent years, we have seen spectacular growth in the experimental and theoretical investigations of magnetic properties of small subatomic particles: electrons, positrons, muons, and neutrinos. However, conventional methods for establishing these properties for atomic nuclei are also in progress, due to new, more sophisticated theoretical achievements and experimental results performed using modern spectroscopic devices. In this review, a brief outline of the history of experiments with nuclear magnetic moments in magnetic fields of noble gases is provided. In particular, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and atomic beam magnetic resonance (ABMR) measurements are included in this text. Various aspects of NMR methodology performed in the gas phase are discussed in detail. The basic achievements of this research are reviewed, and the main features of the methods for the noble gas isotopes: 3He, 21Ne, 83Kr, 129Xe, and 131Xe are clarified. A comprehensive description of short lived isotopes of argon (Ar) and radon (Rn) measurements is included. Remarks on the theoretical calculations and future experimental intentions of nuclear magnetic moments of noble gases are also provided.

Measuring Cosmic Ray and Atmospheric Neutrinos in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3106-3109 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
CHARLES A. CURRAT
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Neutrino ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Cherenkov Detector ◽  
Atmospheric Neutrinos ◽  
Cosmic Ray Interactions ◽  
The World ◽  
Muons And Neutrinos ◽  
Model Independent

High energy muons and neutrinos are produced by the interaction of primary cosmic rays in the Earth's upper atmosphere. These primary interactions produce mesons that decay into muons and neutrinos. SNO is in a unique position amongst underground experiments in the world. At the depth of over 6 km water equivalent, it is the deepest underground laboratory currently in operation. SNO can make a number of novel measurements using muons. First, SNO is sensitive to the downward muon rate coming from primary cosmic ray interactions. Second, SNO's great depth makes possible the detection of atmospheric neutrinos (via the detection of neutrino induced muons) from the nadir to inclinations as large as cos (θ zenith ) ≃ 0.4 above the horizon. Although SNO is a modest-size Cherenkov detector, SNO's unique niche allows it to make important model-independent checks of atmospheric neutrino oscillations.

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